Reports Report 103cz (Event 103-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Shelly L |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I did not hear no sounds (if there was any) because I was in my pickup truck driving (headed to work) with the radio on. I feel fortunate to have seen this. It was beautiful and unique. I have seen only a couple meteorite showers and I love to see falling starts but this was so much bigger :) My husband is a logger and he was logging 2 1/2 hours from Prineville. He was in Seneca, Oregon and he said he was in the trees and seen a flash (he said it reminded him of a lightning flash) in the sky through the trees from his machine he was operating. So cool for us to be far apart but seen the same flash. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Prineville, OR |
| Latitude | 44° 22' 35.32'' N (44.376478°) |
| Longitude | 120° 55' 36.53'' W (-120.926815°) |
| Elevation | 897.452209m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-01-17 05:20 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-01-17 13:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180.84° |
| First azimuth | 152.23° |
| First elevation | 47° |
| Last azimuth | 167.3° |
| Last elevation | 33° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Dark Green, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | The train was a dark emerald green with sparkles (like what you would see in some fire works)....it trailed behind a huge bright light. Then an enormous flash and it was all gone. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I seen a huge flash at 1st, that's what caught my eye to watch (I was driving in my pickup)....then like a huge bright light with the train of Bright emerald green with sparkles in the green streak, then another huge flash and it was all gone. I watch the shy for several seconds afterwards and did not see anything more. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |